Fan for rocking furniture



(No Model.)

A. W. MoOOMAS & H. A. FITZHUGH.

FAN FOR BOOKING FURNITURE.

No. 408,188. Patented July 30, 1889.

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ARTHUR WILLIAM MOCOMAS AND HENRY ALEXANDER Errznuen, or AUSTIN, TEXAS.

FAN FOR ROCKING FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,188, dated July 30,1889. Application filed November 4, 1887. Serial No. 254,276. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR XVILLIAM McCoMAs and HENRY ALEXANDERFITZHUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Austin, in thecounty of Travis and State of Texas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fans for Rocking Furniture; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our present invention is an improvement in fans for rocking furnitureand a supporting-frame arranged for two co-operatin g fans.

In our patent, N 0. 336,128, we employed a single plain fan suspended.from the ends of outreaching arms of a fan holding frame, which inpractice we find answers a very good purpose, and now we come before thePatent Office with what we consider an improvement upon said patenthaving but one fan, and employ here two, to be operated from the samemovement, or either one of the two. One of these fans agitates the airin front of a seated person, and the other, being suspended above thehead, agitates the air back and above, and as both fans may be operatedtogether we effect action and reaction to the air, and thus give it afreshness and invigorating quality very desirable in a very hot climate.The overhead fan has a frame composed of two straight horizontal rodsand one curved rod secured to two vertical rods. The angles at theintersecting points of the horizontal and vertical rods are rightangles. The fan proper of this frame includes the middle horizontal bar,the bottom curved bar, and the covering fabric for the same, and theform of said fan is quite like the blower of a fire-grate, and it has anareaconsiderably less than that of the forward fan. The fan-supportingframe is composed of two graduated upright stand ards connected at theirupper ends by a horizontal bar and adapted at their lower ends totelescope in sleeves having tluunb-screws, by which said standards areheld to given positions. From clevises or clips secured to the tops ofthe said standards extend outreaching rods or arms, and between elevisesfixed centrally on said rods is secured a rod which braces said arms.The standards of the fansupporting frame have collars provided withclevises and set-screws, and between these and the respectiveoutreaching arms are pivoted diagonal bracing rods for said arms, whichmay be held to horizontal or other radial position. The overhead fan issuspended from loops secured to the bracing-rod for standards in amanner hereinafter to be described, so that said fan may be readilydetached when one fan only is 1106tl6(lt.., the forward one. uprightstandards we pivot catches adapted to embrace the vertical rods of theoverhead fan and hold it when the temporary suspension of the vibrationof said fan is desirable. The forward one of the two fans has arectangular skeleton frame composed of a horizontal straight bar, twovertical bars extending therefrom, and connecting these two latter is acorrugated weighted bar. Upon this skeleton is stretched a suitablefabric, which, when in place, forms the corrugated fan. The upperhorizontal bar of this fan has journals, which find bearings in the endsof the outreaching arms of the fan-holding frame. The sleeves into whichthe upright standards of the fan-holding frame telescope are enlarged attheir tops for purposes of strength, and have holes for thethumb-screws, which pass into them. At the bottoms said sleevesterminate with disks hinged to corresponding disks 011 short bars, whichhave secured to them clasps to take hold of the upright round portionsof a piece of rocking furniture. The clasps, one of which we describe,are formed of two metal plates, one fixed to the short bars mentionedand provided with one portion of ahinge and a curved clasping portion.The other plate has a corresponding shape and the other portion of ahinge. By a movement of the lattermentioned plate about its axis thejaws of the clasp are brought near each other to take hold. of the roundpiece of the furniture. To the movable clasping-plate is pivoted ascrewthreaded belt, which passes through an opening in the fixed portionof the clasp, and by means of a nut the two said portions of the claspare held firmly to place. The disk- To the upper portions of the hingeswhich connect the short clasp holdingbars and the sleeves for thestandards are not unlike those in our application Serial No. 221,399,and need not be particularly described in this application.

In our drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the fan-holdingframe, fans, & c. Fig. 2 is a rear or back view of the same. Figs. 3, 4,and 5 are detail drawings of the clamping device and adjustablebearing-loop for the back fan.

Similar reference-letters indicate like parts in all of the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A A are the upright standards for thefan-holdin g frame provided with annular graduated marks.

B B are the sleeves into which said standards telescope.

a are the thumb -screws for holding the standards with reference to thesleeves B.

C are the short bars, to which are fixed the clasping devices E E. Theseshort bars have at their upper ends disks D, which, to

gether with corresponding disks D 011 the sleeves B, form hinge-joints,by which the rake or inclination of the chair or piece of rockingfurniture and the angle of the standards of the fan-holding frame may bemade conformable.

E E are the elasping-platcs secured to and forming parts of the shortbars 0. F/ are the corresponding clasping-plates hinged to the fixedportions E. The plates E E are hinged together with the pin a andclamped together by means of the screw a and nut n.

F are outreaching arms pivoted in clevises Z) at the upper ends of thestandards A A.

G is a bar connecting the ends of the standards, and H is a barconnecting the two outer ends of the outreaching arms.

I are diagonal bracing-bars connecting the arms F by clevises c and theupright standards A A by the combined clevises or clips 6 and sleeves c.

f are the thumb-screws, which hold, through the bracingbars I, theoutreaching arms F to suitable position.

J is a rod which connects and braces the arms F.

K is a horizontal curved bar, L a straight horizontal bar, and M Mvertical bars connected by a bar N, all forming the overhead fan-frame,and O the covering fabric of said fan.

The bar N extends outside of the vertical bars M M, forming journalswhich rest in bearing-loops P P, secured to the bar G of thesupporting-frame. Loop P is adjustably secured to the bar G by athumb-screw 'r, and the loop P is riveted to said bar G.

Q are forks pivoted to the standards A A, which may be made to engagethe vertical bars of the back fan to hold it quiet with reference to thefan-holding frame while the rocking-chair is in motion.

R is the front fan, formed of a suitable skeleton frame which has ahorizontal straight bar II, journaled in arms F, and alower corrugatedor zigzag bar m". When said frame is covered with a suitable fabric, acorrugated fixed fan is formed, as previously described.

The front fan hinged to the ends of the horizontal bar H, when notrequired as a fan, may be turned back, so as to rest upon the horizontalportion of the fan-holding frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, and serves in this position as a canopy to protect theoccupant of the chair from the rays of the sun.

It is sometimes desirable that the back fan be for a time dispensedwith, and under such circumstances it is only necessary to loosen thescrew 9 in the loop P from the bar G, in order that the fan L M N O Rmay be detached from the fan-holding frame.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the fan-supporting frame having a bar G, withone fixed loop and a corresponding loop secured bya thumbscrew, of theback fan and its frame j ournaled in said loops, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the fan-supporting frame, substantially asdescribed, the fan 0, adjustably j ournaled to the bar G, and theholding-forks Q, pivoted to uprights A, of the fan R, pivoted to theends of the horizontal arms of the frame, all arranged to form a set offans for front and rear service, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses;

ARTHUR WILLIAM MCCOMAS. HENRY ALEXANDER FITZHUGH. Vitnesscs:

T. J. W ORTHAM, R. E. STROMBERG.

